THE LOWER FRONT BALL JOINTS ON MY 2005 JEEP LIBERTY 4X4 WITH 26000 MILES SHOW EXCESSIVE WEAR. DUE TO THE DESIGN OF THE JOINT TOTAL FAILURE WILL RESULT IN THE BALL AND SOCKET SEPARATING FROM THE SPINDLE/WHEEL ASSEMBLY. A FAILURE OF THIS NATURE WILL RESULT IN LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THIS EXCESSIVE WEAR HAS MANIFESTED ITSELF IN A LOUD CLUNKING WHICH HAS BEEN GETTING WORSE FOR 3000 MILES BUT THE DEALER COULD NOT LOCATE THE PROBLEM. I FOUND THE PROBLEM WHEN DOING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE AND MEASURED THE UP AND DOWN MOVEMENT IN THE JOINT TO BE .25 INCHES. WHEN THE DEALER WENT TO INSTALL THE NEW JOINTS HE ALSO FOUND THE UPPER BALL JOINTS TO BE BAD. I HAD A PREVIOUS LIBERTY(2002) WHICH WAS RECALLED FOR THIS SAME PROBLEM AND ASSUMED JEEP HAD FIXED THE BALL JOINTS. OBVIOUSLY THEY HAVE NOT. THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL INCIDENTS REPORTED ALREADY (LOSTKJ.COM) WHERE PEOPLE HAVE HAD A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE ASSOCIATED WITH THESE JOINTS. JEEP MUST FIX THIS DESIGN ASAP. SUSPENSION COMPANY MOOG HAS ALREADY DESIGNED A REPLACEMENT BALL JOINT THAT IS MORE ROBUST AND GREASABLE. JEEP MUST BE FORCED TO DO SOMETHING. *NM
2008
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
EVERY TIME I FUEL MY 2008 JEEP LIBERTY THE FUEL NOZZLE DOES NOT SHUT OFF PROPERLY WHEN FULL, CAUSING FUEL TO SPEW OUT ONTO THE CAR, MY HANDS, MY CLOTHING AND THE CONCRETE BENEATH THE CAR AT THE GAS STATION. I COMPLAINED TO THE DEALER WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS UNDER WARRANTY ON 3/9/2010 AND THEY REPLACED THE FILLER TUBE. THE REPAIR DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. I HAVE BEEN LIVING WITH THIS ISSUE FOR A YEAR NOW. TODAY, WHILE AT THE GAS STATION, THE PERSON IN THE ISLE NEXT TO ME, DRIVING A 2008, 4-DOOR JEEP WRANGLER, HAD THE SAME ISSUE. I ASKED HER ABOUT IT AND SHE SAID THE PROBLEM HAD JUST BEGUN FOR HER IN THE PAST MONTH, BUT IT NOW HAPPENS TO HER EVERY FUEL UP. I DECIDED I WOULD LOOK INTO IT FURTHER. AFTER SEEING THE MULTIPLE ONLINE POSTS, I DECIDED TO MAKE A COMPLAINT, AS THIS IS OBVIOIUSLY A DEFECT WITH JEEP VEHICLES. *TR